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Legend has it we still don’t know (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I think their point was more about fighting than winning, so the reply doesn't quite work.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We've been a nation at war for the entirety of zoomer's lives until just a couple years ago. Who does the OP think is fighting in those wars? It was Gen X & millennials, and then zoomers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I really don't know. I think their argument relies more on their perception of the generations than fact.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How many people volunteered for Vietnam compared to WWII?

I think that factors into the equation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I found this

Fact: 2/3 of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. 2/3 of the men who served in World War II were drafted. Approximately 70% of those killed in Vietnam were volunteers.

https://www.uswings.com/about-us-wings/vietnam-war-facts/

Dunno about the validity of the claim though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Dunno about the validity of the claim though

But they put "Fact:" there so you know it's true.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

No, the reason she used "storming the beaches of Normandy" and not idk, "the beaches of Da Nang", is because Normandy is associated with the beginning of a turn in fortunes of that conflict which ultimately led to Allied victory. Nobody would fucking care about Normandy if the Nazis won.